Week 16 Recruitment

• Go on the internet and review an on-line recruitment site such as www.monster.co.uk, www.fish4jobs.co.uk,
Comment on the use of the site, layout, accessibility etc.

Fish4jobs
On the Fish4jobs.co.uk web site there were plenty of unrelated adverts, for example car, holidays and homes. At first I thought I have logged on to the incorrect web site. Their home page was full of adverts and it was too busy, by which I mean there was too much information going on at once.
Also there were plenty of pop-up adverts which led to slowing down the loading time. But there were some advantages of using this site which are that it can help the candidate to calculate estimated monthly wages but they have to be a member to use this service.
Another advantage is that Fish4jobs.co provides advice, for example, C.V. advice and at the bottom of the page there is a help link however I did not find it useful because there is insufficient information.

Monster
Monster.co.uk web site has provided an optional link which is where the candidate can look into the related sectors, or can just type in the job search which will bring up the available posts at the current moment. The advantage of using this site is that the user can get information about the company that they have an interest in.
The disadvantage of this site is that the user has to click too many times to get the information needed
My overall opinion on this site is they are an acceptable professional web site to use.

Both
They both have simple and clear lay out of the job descriptions. To attract the candidates they have provided essential information at the beginning of each job description, for example, outlines of duties, wages and salary.

• Brainstorm five advantages and five drawbacks of on-line recruitment.

Five advantages of on-line recruiting
1. Easier to short list
2. Save time and money (work efficiencies)
3. Reach wider range of candidates (can be worldwide depending on the job or organisation)
4. Provide more customised information relating to the position
5. Candidates can access the web site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week


Five disadvantages of on-line recruiting
1. On-line security (due to hackers and viruses)
2. Some candidates maybe unable to fully use the technology due to their disability
3. Design and mapping of the web site (If unattractive or too confusing web sites may put off candidates.
4. High competition, for example, search engines ranking
5. On-line recruiting may not be the first option for candidates

• Identify a recruitment campaign which has really interested you. Explain why you feel this campaign caught your interest.


http://adhunt.blogspot.com/2008/11/careerbuildercom.html

Nowadays competition recruitment process needs to be creative on one side and professional to attract the candidates to apply. One of the major tools that are being used by all types of companies is the internet because it provides one of the fastest channels of advertising and attracting candidates. Careerbuilder.com is trying to attract more candidates to sign up using their site and the message they are trying to send across is ‘Maybe it’s time to move on’.
The reason why this campaign attracted me is because it links to the business sector and when I graduate from university, I would like to go into banking industry and it is linked to the course that I am studying at the moment. Also I always had an interest in investments.

• Go onto the CIPD website and read and explain what you understand by the Psychological contract http://www.cipd.co.uk/subjects/empreltns/psycntrct/psycontr.htm


According to the CIPD (The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) (2009) the term of psychological contract was firstly introduced in the 1960s and it became popular in the 1990s. The meaning of psychological contract is an agreement or commitment between employer and employees.
Usually these agreements are informal and sometimes vague. When agreements are not written down then this mean they are set apart from the formal contract like employment contract.
It is expected by parties that they will do or act professionally, for example, personal hygiene, an employee is not allowed to wear after shave or perfume that is too strong. When either side of the parties does not perform as expected this will lead to psychological contract breakdowns and staff may leave the company due to negative emotions between parties.

Conclusion
To conclude all personnel need to act professionally during their shifts and also one of the most important points of agreements is to respect each other. The importance of psychological contract is that it contributed to relationship between all staff.

Bibliography and Reference

Career builder [online] Available at: http://www.careedrbuilder.com/default.aspx?cbRecursionCnt=1&cbsid=13f9b2b53f844c688a8af3d4b20077bb-320847359-RT-4&ns_siteid=ns_us_g_careerbuilder
[Accessed 25 February 2010].

CIPD (2009). The psychological contract [online] Available at: http://www.cipd.co.uk/subjects/empreltns/psycntrct/psycontr.htm [Accessed 25 February 2010].

Fish 4 jobs (n.d) Job search [online] Available at: www.fish4jobs.co.uk [Accessed 25 February]

Foot, M. and Hook, C. (2009) Introducing human resource management.5th ed. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.

Monster (n.d) Your call is calling [online] Available at: www.monster.co.uk [Accessed 25 February]